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New "Now Playing View" sidebar

Spotify is introducing a new "Now Playing View" sidebar in the desktop app and Web Player to go along with the recently released "Your Library" sidebar. The Now Playing View in the right sidebar shows the album art and info of the current song or pod...

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New Your Library sidebar

Spotify is introducing a new Your Library sidebar in the desktop app and Web Player. The new Your Library sidebar is rolling out to all desktop users now, so you will be seeing it soon if you haven't already. The new Your Library sidebar improves nav...

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Solved!! Spotify free: Music stops on MAC

Edited: Thank you very much everyone for helping! Finally I managed to correct the error and the steps are those that DerpyNerd offered and highlighted as a solution. Hi! I have a MacBook Pro, and for a week now I have a problem with the desktop app....

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[Mac] Troubleshooting Spotify

Having trouble with Spotify on your Desktop app? Here’s what to try first. Search the Community Someone might have asked your question on the Community before. So type your issue into the search box and have a look. Tip: Don't forget to check our Spo...

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Solved!! Why can't I edit my tracklist in one of my playlists?

I never had a problem with dragging songs up and down the playlist to edit my tracklist. But for some reason, one of my newer playlists won't allow me to drag songs. I can do it on my iPhone Spotify app but it isn't working on my Macbook Pro. I was t...

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  • I never had a problem with dragging songs up and down the playlist to edit my tracklist. But for some reason, one of my newer playlists won't allow me to drag songs. I can do it on my iPhone Spotify ...
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Playlist content different on mobile/desktop/web app?

This friend of mine created a playlist I follow and I really like certain songs he recently added. I use the app on my phone (iOS) and there the playlist contains 63 songs. On the web and on the desktop app, the playlist contains 45 songs: it doesn’t...

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  • This friend of mine created a playlist I follow and I really like certain songs he recently added.    I use the app on my phone (iOS) and there the playlist contains 63 songs. On the web ...
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Invalid URI code error for all my playlists

Hi, I keep getting an invalid URI code error every time I try to share my playlist on a thread or comment. I'm on Premium with my Android phone. Here's a sample playlist:spotify:user:spotifier:playlist:7nYb854GAgOEeJ9aWHcVyF?

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  • Hi, I keep getting an invalid URI code error every time I try to share my playlist on a thread or comment. I'm on Premium with my Android phone.   Here's a sample playlist: spotify:user:spoti...
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Superuser Contribution Login Error

Hey guys,I've been off spotify for a few days, and now that I'm trying to get back onto it, Spotify says "A firewall may be blocking Spotify. Please update your firewall to allow Spotify. Additionally you could try changing the currently used proxy s...

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  •   Hey guys, I've been off spotify for a few days, and now that I'm trying to get back onto it, Spotify says "A firewall may be blocking Spotify. Please update your firewall to allow Spotify. A...
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Superuser Contribution Music not playing on Desktop App (Mac). Fine elsewhere

My desktop app for Mac just updated a few days ago to 1.0.88.353.g15c26ea1 Since then I have had numerous issues where certain albums or tracks will not play at all on the Desktop app, where I am getting the "Spotify can't play this right now...." me...

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  •     My desktop app for Mac just updated a few days ago to  1.0.88.353.g15c26ea1   Since then I have had numerous issues where certain albums or tracks will not play at al...
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my playlists are no longer in my account

My Question or Issue Hello, good morning.Since i got my premium subscription i lost all of my playlists All the playlists i see are not mine.I canceled it but nothing happened. I only see weird playlists that have nothing to do with the ones i create...

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  •     My Question or Issue   Hello, good morning. Since i got my premium subscription i lost all of my playlists 😞 All the playlists i see are not mine. I canceled it but nothing...
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Solved!! How to prevent Spotify from using the Microphone?

PlanPremiumCountryDenmarkDeviceMacOperating SystemMacOS High Sierra 10.13.6 My Question or IssueWhen I start playing a song using the Desktop App my antivirus software warns me that my microphone is being used by the app. How can I prevent the app fr...

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  • Plan Premium Country Denmark Device Mac Operating System MacOS High Sierra 10.13.6   My Question or Issue When I start playing a song using the Desktop App my antivirus software warns ...
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Problems using and matching local files with unavailable music

Hi! So I wanted to add JAY Z - Reasonable Doubt and Dr. Dre - Compton to my Albums on Spotify. Yes, the tracks are unavailable but as the notification in Spotify says I should be able to import my local music to play those songs.The issue is that no ...

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  •   Hi!   So I wanted to add JAY Z - Reasonable Doubt and Dr. Dre - Compton to my Albums on Spotify. Yes, the tracks are unavailable but as the notification in Spotify says I should be abl...
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Trouble with Repeat All Function on Playlists

Family PlanPremiumUSA DeviceMacBook Air Late 2016MacOS High Sierra Hi there. So, a thing I've noticed when I have a playlist of maybe 30 or more songs is that when I have the repeat all function selected (NOT on shuffle) the playlist will sometimes p...

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  • Family Plan Premium USA   Device MacBook Air Late 2016 MacOS High Sierra   Hi there. So, a thing I've noticed when I have a playlist of maybe 30 or more songs is that when I have th...
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Solved!! Importing mp3s on Mac files greyed out

PlanPremiumCountryUnited States DeviceiMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2011)Operating SystemOS X El Capitan My Question or Issue I downloaded some mp3s onto my computer. I clicked the top-right arrow and went to settings. I clicked add a source, but all the mp3s...

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  • Plan Premium Country United States  Device iMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2011) Operating System OS X El Capitan   My Question or Issue  I downloaded some mp3s onto my computer.  ...
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Solved!! Playlist in alphabetical order.

Is it possible to arrangere the artists I have in my play lists alphabetically. Because of streaming music from Spotify pausing all the time, I have to play off line. The play list is getting extremely long, and it is difficult to find a particular a...

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  • Is it possible to arrangere the artists I have in my play lists alphabetically. Because of streaming music from Spotify pausing all the time, I have to play off line. The play list is getting extreme...
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very sluggish performance on Mac Desktop while Android Phone is great

PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceiMacOperating System10.13.6 My Question or Issue I've been using Spotify Premium for a number of years, but over the past few months the performance on my iMac is VERY SLUGGISH. At times its so bad, I've had to use my Andr...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA   Device iMac Operating System 10.13.6   My Question or Issue   I've been using Spotify Premium for a number of years, but over the past few m...
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Solved!! Can't view my songs

Hi,I can't view my songs it says go to browse. I deleted spotify and reinstalled twice but the same issue happened again. Can you help me please?can't view my songs?!PremiumTurkeyMacBook ProiOS 10

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  • Hi, I can't view my songs it says go to browse. I deleted spotify and reinstalled twice but the same issue happened again. Can you help me please? can't view my songs?! Premium Turkey MacBook Pr...
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NUVO and Spotify Playlists

PlanPremiumCountry USA My Question or Issue Help please from the communityI have a NUVO concerto/Vangurad system that uptil 72 hrs ago had Spotify working perfectly. Now I have no playlists. Have reset the NUVO servers and alos relaoded Spotify accou...

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  •   Plan Premium Country USA       My Question or Issue  Help please from the community I have a NUVO concerto/Vangurad system that uptil 72 hrs ago had Spotify workin...
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Repeatedly removing songs from filtered playlist becomes increasingly slow

Plan: PremiumCountry: USADevice: Macbook Pro 2017Operating System: High Sierra I've been organizing my music into genre playlists recently. To do that I have an 'unsorted' playlist, which I remove songs from when I put them in a particular genre play...

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  • Plan: Premium Country: USA Device: Macbook Pro 2017 Operating System: High Sierra   I've been organizing my music into genre playlists recently. To do that I have an 'unsorted' playlist, ...
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[Bug] Deleting items from play queue deletes entire queue

PlanPremium (Family) CountryUSA DeviceMacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015) Operating SystemmacOS High Sierra 10.13.6 (17G65) Spotify Version1.0.85.259.g4ab01679 ExpectedI wish to delete a portion of my play queue while leaving the rest intact. Act...

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  • Plan Premium (Family)   Country USA   Device MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015)   Operating System macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 (17G65)   Spotify Version 1.0.8...
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Error code 17 Spotify on Mac

None of thscreenshot of error message PlanPremium (Yet to be reactivated after card expired)Country USADevice(Macbook Pro 2017 - A1706)Operating System(MacOS High Sierra version 10.13.6 - 17G65) My Question or Issuei can login to my spotify account o...

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  • None of th screenshot of error message   Plan Premium (Yet to be reactivated after card expired) Country  USA Device (Macbook Pro 2017 - A1706) Operating System (MacOS High Sierra...
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error code 37 - mac

premium user - mac with latest update. at first, on the app, spotify was telling me I was offline, over and over. so I uninstalled and redownloaded. the download failed multiple times and then finally worked, no clue why, and now it says I have a pro...

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  • premium user - mac with latest update.  at first, on the app, spotify was telling me I was offline, over and over. so I uninstalled and redownloaded. the download failed multiple times and then...
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(MACBOOK PRO) Volume Changes continuously during all songs all the time

Plan - PremiumCountry - USA Device - Macbook Pro - Mid 2015Operating System - High Sierra My Question or Issue: When using the Desktop App - the volume of a song continuously changes throughout the song. To the point where the app is completely unusa...

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  • Plan - Premium Country - USA   Device - Macbook Pro - Mid 2015 Operating System - High Sierra   My Question or Issue: When using the Desktop App - the volume of a song ...
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my spotify wont let me change the playlist picture

My Question or Issue my spotify wont let me change the playlist picture on my macbook and it keeps saying "this image is too small. It must be at least 300x300" and i make sure the picture I am trying to upload is over 300x300 but it still will not l...

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  •     My Question or Issue  my spotify wont let me change the playlist picture on my macbook and it keeps saying "this image is too small. It must be at least 300x300" and i make sure...
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